1 A slave, servant in general; gṛhakarmadāsāḥ Bh. 1. 1; gṛhaº, karmaº &c.

2 A fisherman.

3 A Śūdra, a man of the fourth caste.

4 A knowing man, one who knows the universal spirit.

5 N. of Vṛtrāsura.

6 A demon.

7 A savage, barba- rian (opp. ārya).

8 A worthy re- cipient (dānapātra).

9 A word added to the name of a Śūdra; cf. gupta. Comp. anudāsaḥ ‘a slave of a slave’, the humblest of the ser-...